Friday, November 17, 2017

Submarines Searaven & Salmon
Sink Ships

TUE 17 NOV 1942
Pacific
Submarine Searaven (SS-196) sinks Japanese transport Nissei Maru in Flying Fish Cove, off Christmas Island, 10°24'S, 105°41'E.
Submarine Salmon (SS-182), attacking Japanese convoy off west coast of Luzon, sinks repair ship Oregon Maru about 65 miles northwest of Manila, 14°16'N, 119°44'E.

Atlantic
Naval Air Station, De Land, Florida, is established.

German submarine U-566 is damaged by depth charges in Central Atlantic.

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